By Sofia Villa
Jun 10, 2024, 09:11 AM EDT
As if nothing had happened! After hearing the overwhelming verdict of the jury, which found him guilty of bribing the porn actress with whom he had a relationship when he was already married, Donald Trump continues his presidential campaign in search of donations, so as to maintain the fight to take the White House from President Joe Biden.
That attitude, which proves that, in the game of politics, in addition to power, money says it all, since his followers came out to defend him because they are not worried about the potential sentence of Judge Juan Merchan. And in both Arizona and California, Trump did quite well, judging by the millions he raised to pay for the final push to be crowned by the Republican party at the convention that begins this July 15 in Milwaukee.
Just hours after the unanimous guilty verdict on the 34 charges against him was announced, Trump received 52 million in donations. And on Thursday, in Arizona, young conservatives supported him at fundraising events, while in San Francisco, just a street apart, and not far from the famous Golden Gate Bridge, voters and protesters carrying an inflatable figure were waiting for him. , although very similar to the face of the candidate or the “Trump chicken”, simulating the image of the Republican candidate.
The campaign from East to West is not easy because of the lack of housing, the increase in homeless people on the streets and the problems that businessmen face to stay afloat, but it is clear that the money from donations arrived in droves, because Each person had to pay $300,000 dollars, couples $500 thousand, and for the less wealthy $50 thousand, although without the right to dinner. And there the hallway gossip was Trump’s declaration that he would reveal the name of his vice presidential ticket at the convention.
What this tells us is that, although Trump’s sentencing is scheduled for Tuesday, June 11, nothing stopped him in his fight to move forward to return to the Oval Office, which would surely delay any legal attempt to punish or try him in the various processes followed by New York judges.
The curious thing is that California is a different state, and in the 2016 elections, in that Western state, only nine percent of citizens voted in its favor because they clearly said they were supporters of former first lady Hillary Clinton. However, we believe that this time the ground is fertile for it to do better, due to the feeling of the need for change in the United States.
As an author, Sofía Villa writes this column in her personal capacity and her opinions do not represent Televisa-Univision Inc. where she works as a Writer/Producer.